Maj. Gen. Michael Greiner said that the Space Force's initial plans are to develop four new Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global satellites, although those plans could change as the program is a new start for FY25.
It’s tempting to use AI to micromanage military operations from an all-seeing HQ. But experts warn the chaos of war means AI is best used to empower decentralized initiative — an area where the democratic West just might have the edge.
The company, a Google off-shoot, characterizes its Spacetime software as the "digital cartilage and autonomous brain" that can bring to life DoD's JADC2 concept linking sensors and shooters across all domains.
On Jan. 25, DoD announced that Lockheed Martin and Boeing have each won 15-month contracts worth $66 million to develop a new, more modern satellite design, with the service then deciding on which to use in building the two new MUOS birds.
A new constellation with laser comms and compatibility with the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is now taking shape.
Quasar Satellite Technologies is planning to open a US office in 2024, "most likely in Colorado," with the other option being in the Washington, DC area, CEO Phil Ridley told Breaking Defense.
Comtech President and CEO Ken Peterman told Breaking Defense the contract for the Army's Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modem paves the way toward helping the Space Force in its struggle to figure out how to integrate ground systems for the myriad military and commercial SATCOM networks used by US forces around the world so as to ensure 24/7 access to needed communications bandwidth.
The Space Report 2023 Q2 study estimates that US Defense Department classified and unclassified spending in 2022 hit almost $43 billion.
The plan is designed not just to improve Luxembourg's military space capabilities, but also specifically to improve defense cooperation with the US by "jointly exploiting" the new SES satellites.
"The outernet is the internet taken to space," Col. Eric Felt, of the Department of the Air Force's space acquisition office, said today.
Satellite communications has become a priority for US Space Command as part of its space "assurance mission" for NATO allies and international partners in the Ukraine war, says the command's head, Gen. Jim Dickinson.
Vice Adm. Jeffrey Trussler, deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, told the Navy League's annual Sea Air Space summit that the meeting was "step one" to better coordination with the military's newest branch.
The Space Force's goal is to create a resilient SATCOM architecture by using multiple types of satellites with better encryption and dispersed over various orbits to flummox adversary jamming attempts — with US national security planners fully expecting sophisticated electronic warfare attacks against satellites in future conflicts.
"The threat is racing to out pace us," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in a budget pre-briefing on March 10.
Satellite communications and space domain awareness are two key priorities for the ADF's new(ish) Space Command.